{"id":34062,"date":"2012-11-13T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=34062"},"modified":"2012-11-13T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T20:39:27","slug":"college-crackup-and-the-online-future-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/11\/13\/college-crackup-and-the-online-future-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"College crackup and the online future [Taylor]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"disqus_title\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2012-05-21\/college-crackup-and-the-online-future.html\"><strong>College crackup and the online future<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from bloomberg.com by Mark C. Taylor<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article_image_container\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/image\/iXiVhi61sjgY.jpg\" alt=\"College Crackup \" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"article_credit\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Illustration by Keith Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In the coming decade, emerging technologies will thoroughly transform higher education. Although distance learning and computer-assisted education have been around since the 1960s, financial pressures are forcing institutions to develop aggressive online programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These practical considerations shouldn\u2019t overshadow one of the most promising innovations that online education will bring: The very structure of knowledge will change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As students mix and match courses online, pressure will increase for professors to develop classes that integrate different approaches and disciplines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/09\/21\/higher-education-used-to-be-on-deck-but-is-now-at-bat-christian\/highereducationnowatbat-danielchristian-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-32683 aligncenter\" title=\"HigherEducationNowAtBat--DanielChristian\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/HigherEducationNowAtBat-DanielChristian1.jpg\" alt=\"asdfsadf\" width=\"573\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/HigherEducationNowAtBat-DanielChristian1.jpg 573w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/HigherEducationNowAtBat-DanielChristian1-150x121.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Also see:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinnovationfactory.com\/weblog\/business-model-innovation-blueprint-higher-education-0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Business model innovation: A blueprint for higher education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from businessinnovationfactory.com by Christine Flanagan, BIF\u2019s Student Experience Lab Director.\u00a0 This article is featured in the December 2012 issue of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/ero\" target=\"_blank\">EDUCAUSE Review.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1680785\/designing-colleges-for-more-than-just-connectivity#1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Designing colleges for more than just connectivity<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from\u00a0fastcoexist.com by Maddy Burke-Vigeland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Creating &#8220;Innovation Labs&#8221; within each institution of higher education sounds like a good idea to me&#8230;we can experiment with things at smaller scales and see what works and what doesn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jump\/2012\/11\/12\/take-a-lesson-from-apple-a-strategy-to-keep-customers-in-your-ecosystem\/\" target=\"_blank\">Take a lesson from Apple: A strategy to keep customers in your ecosystem <\/a><\/strong>&#8212; from forbes.com by Alonzo Canada<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set focused, strategic targets.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create a portfolio of experiments.<\/strong> <\/span>Like Apple or Mercedes Benz, once you have focused, strategic targets set,<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> create a series of experiments.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">A general rule of thumb is the 7-2-1 rule:\u00a0 one experiment should be big and relatively safe.\u00a0 Two experiments should be slightly more risky and moderately sized.\u00a0 Then seven experiments should be highly risky and low cost. These experiments can be scaled accordingly across teams, business units, and the entire company.<\/span> 3M is one of the first companies to mandate that its employees spend 20% of their time thinking up blue sky ideas beyond its current lines of business and this is how Post-It Notes were born.\u00a0 Art Fry, an engineer at 3M wanted to find a better way to manage notes in his hymnal on Sundays at church.<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leverage learnings to inform new experiments.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College crackup and the online future &#8212; from bloomberg.com by Mark C. Taylor . Illustration by Keith Shore Excerpt: In the coming decade, emerging technologies will thoroughly transform higher education. 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